LONDON: Margaret Atwood released the much-anticipated sequel to her award-winning 1985 novel The Handmaid's Tale on Tuesday , with The Testaments set to become a similar smash.
"It's very accurate with what's going at the moment, where the world is heading and that's kind of scary," said 27-year-old Melisa Kumas, from the Netherlands but living in London, who wore a red handmaid's outfit.The sequel has already been nominated for the 2019 Booker Prize, one of the English-speaking world's most prestigious literary awards.
More than 15 years on from the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the oppressive theocratic regime maintains its grip on power but there are signs that it is beginning to rot from within.
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